Insulator for handled vessels



May 11 1926. 1,584,433

H. l. CLULEE INSULATOR FOR HANDLED VESSELS Filed 001'.. 2, 1925 Patented May 11, 1926.

UNITE!) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY I. CLULEE, OF IVALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 R. WALLACE 8c SONS MFG. CO., 0F WALLINGFORD, GONNECIICU'T, A CORPORATION.

INSULATOR FOR HANDLED VESSELS.

Application filed Octo bei' Fig. 1 is a side view of a vessel provided with insulators constructed in accordance with my invention.

F ig. 2 is a broken, side view with one end 5 of the handle detached.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 8 3 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

F ig. 4E is a transverse, sectional View on the line 4f4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the connecting-screws, detached.

Fig. G is a plan View of one of the insulating members, detached.

T his invention relates to an improvement in insulators for handled vessels, such as tea, coffee, and hot water pots. In hotels and restaurants, vessels of this character are sub- `iected to hard usage and to such high teinperatures that the solder usually employed l in connecting` the parts is liable to be melted and the handles loosened, and when so disarranged, the vessels must be returned to the factory for repairs. rIhe object of this invention is to provide an insulator which can be secured between the vessel and the handle by bolts, which insure rigidity and permit the use of hard solder, which is set before the vessel and handles are assembled, this also facilitating the assembling, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In carrying' out my invention, I provide the vessel with the usual handle-sockets lO and l1, in proper position to align with the ends 12 and 13 of the handle 14. rIhe handle is secured in place by bolts having angular Serial No. 59,995.

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Then the ends of the handle are brought into line with the screws, the insulators are turned, first by the fingers and then by suitable wrenches, or threads of the scr pliers, so as to turn the ews into the nuts and so draw the handle down onto one face of the insulators, which are thereby crowded down onto the ends of the sockets, so as to firmly secure the handles in position and provide insulation between the handle and the vessel.

It is obvious that the screws might be anchored in the end s of the handle, and the nuts mounted in the sockets, as the result will be the same in either case.

By this constructionynot only is insulation provided, but

the use of soft solder is avoided and, consequently, the vessels will withstand the hard usage and high tempera tures to which they are subjected.

If, in course of time, a slight locseness should develop, it by the user with can be readily taken up a suitable tool, and thus avoid the necessity of returning the articles to the factory for repair.

I claim:

The combination with a vessel provided with a socket as one member, of a handle as another member, a screw having a head, an

angular body, and between the head a ter than either, anchors fitting the a threaded end and neck nd body smaller in diametwo centrally-notched said neck and correspondingl in external dimensions with the internal dimensions of either member and secured in one mem ber, a nut secured in the other member, and an insulator engaged with the body of the screw.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

HARRY I. CLULEE. 

